Ncrthei'ii Neivs. 103 



J. Beanland ; Winter-time in the Bradford Botanical Gardens, by \V. P. 

 Winter; and another section of Jowett and Muff's paper on the Glacial 

 Geolog}' of the District. There is a useful contoured map of the Bradford 

 area, which can also be had separately for 3d. and is well worth it. There 

 are a number of queries at the end of the Journal, presumably in the 

 hope of being answered in a subsequent issue. From their nature we shall 

 expect at least a double number to be devoted to them alone. ^^ We hope, 

 however, the editor will consider the replies unsuitable for the Journal — as 

 are the questions. The first ' query' occupies twelve lines — and contains as 

 many questions. It begins, 'As regards the exhibition of life, what are the 

 degrees of environmental influences which limit its manifestation ? ' 'G.A.B.' 

 wants to know ' What are the chief theories as to the origin of speech in 

 mankind?' &c. ; and 'A. B.' asks ' \Miat is the difference between Instinct and 

 Intelligence?' Another " would be pleased if someone would explain the 

 phenomenon of sleep,' &c., &c. 



NORTHERN NEWS. 



Lord Masham died at Swinton Park, Masham, on the 2nd February. 



In the January 'Journal of Conchology ' Mr. M. V. Lebour writes ' On 

 X'ariation in the Radulae of certain Buccinidae.' 



Mr. G. W. Lamplugh, F. R.S., will preside over the geological section at 

 the British Association Meeting at York in August. 



Mr. Walker's ' Quarries Inspection Report ' for 1904 on the Yorkshire and 

 Lincolnshire district appears in the January ' Quarry.' 



Mr. Arthur Smith, the Hon. secretary of the Lincolnshire Naturalists' 

 Union, has been appointed Curator of the Lincoln Museum. 



Mr. W. Ingham contributes notes on ' Some new and rare Hepatics and 

 Mosses from Yorkshire and Durham ' to the January ' Revue Bryologique.' 



The Annual Report of the Bolton Museum and Meteorological Observatory 

 for 1905 contains a lengthy list of the various objects begged, bought, or — 

 borrowed during the year. 



Prof. W. W. Watts, F. R.S., of the Birmingham LIniversit}', has been 

 appointed to the professorship of geology at the Royal College of Science, 

 vacant by the retirement of Professor Judd. 



Referring to the notes on late Swallows in our February issue (p. 61), 

 Mr. J. Wilkinson, of Withernsea, informs us that he saw a swallow fl}ing 

 near the Cliff top at W^axholme on November 12th last. 



A female otter and two cubs were shot in the Louth Canal, near 

 Grainthorpe, in January. The female weighed \2\ lbs , and was 3 feet 7 

 inches in length. A reward was offered for their capture, on account of 

 their being so destructive to fish. 



In a note on the t3'pe specimen of Pleuronautilns pulcher, in the Pro- 

 ceedings of the Malacological Society (vol. 6, pt. 5), Mr. G. C. Crick 

 definitely proves that the type-specimen of this interesting cephalopod was 

 obtained from the ' Pendleside Series' of Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire. (See 

 also 'Naturalist ' 1904, p, 256). 



* We might suggest, as an alternative, that the latest edition of the 

 Encyclopaedia Britannica be presented to each subscriber. 

 igo6 March i. 



